About Aurum

Positively different

Could your portfolio benefit from an alternative perspective?

What we do

Aurum is a hedge fund investment specialist focused solely on selecting hedge funds and managing fund of hedge fund portfolios. Our portfolios are designed to grow and protect our clients’ capital, while providing consistent and diversified returns.

We have delivered results to clients with five clear investment needs.

Real inflation adjusted returns

Low volatility of returns

Capital protection during turbulent markets

Low correlation to equities and bonds

High consistency of positive performance

Investing our clients’ capital alongside our own since 1994 across multiple market cycles. Aurum has always remained independent and this ensures that we remain free to invest in accordance with our conviction, and every decision we make is made in the best interest of our clients. We understand the difficulties markets can present investors with and the negative impact of downside volatility on long-term returns.

Get the latest hedge fund data and insights

Monthly hedge fund performance review – February 2023

21/03/2023

Hedge fund performance was mixed in February, the average hedge fund net return across all strategies was -0.19%. Strategies with a higher beta to equities…

Monthly hedge fund performance review – January 2023

21/02/2023

Hedge fund performance was generally positive in January, the average hedge fund net return across all strategies was 1.83%. Strategies with a higher beta…

Hedge fund industry performance deep dive – Full year 2022

27/01/2023

The hedge fund industry was down 2.4% in 2022. Global equities** and global bonds*** have fallen 20.0% and 16.7% respectively. It has been an extremely…

Aurum’s quarterly review – Q4 2022

24/01/2023

All of Aurum’s managed funds and bespoke accounts delivered positive returns in the fourth quarter of 2022. Performance for Aurum’s commingled fund…

Monthly hedge fund performance review – December 2022

20/01/2023

Hedge fund performance was generally positive in December, the average hedge fund net return across all strategies was 0.50%. Strategies with a lower beta…

Monthly hedge fund performance review – November 2022

19/12/2022

Hedge fund performance was generally positive in November, although underlying strategies had mixed performance. Long biased was the top performing master…

Arbitrage deep dive – Oct 22

07/12/2022

The period under review includes ‘the worst cross asset selloff since 1981’ with simultaneous declines across equities, commodities, corporate and…

Monthly hedge fund performance review – October 2022

21/11/2022

Hedge fund performance was largely positive in October. Strategies with a higher beta to equities outperformed other strategies, as most equity markets…

Macro deep dive – Sep 22

28/10/2022

Macro funds generated an average return of 2.2% in the 12 months through September 2022. Strategy AUM has fallen by $11.1bn, due to net outflows of $16.3bn…

Aurum’s quarterly review – Q3 2022

25/10/2022

All of Aurum’s managed funds and bespoke accounts delivered positive returns in the third quarter of 2022. Performance for Aurum’s commingled fund…

Monthly hedge fund performance review – September 2022

18/10/2022

Hedge fund performance was mixed in September, whilst equities and bonds sold off, particularly in the latter part of the month. Hedge fund performance…

Quant deep dive – Aug 22

06/10/2022

Quant funds generated an average return of 12.8% in the 12 months to August 2022 Strategy AUM has grown by $42.8bn, net profits contributed $47.8bn of…

Sign up to our mailing list

Get the latest insights and data to
keep you ahead of the curve

Sign up